Arizona Republicans sue to keep some votes from being counted

Arizona Republicans are going to court to make sure fewer ballots get counted in their state’s very close Senate race. At issue are mail-in ballots with signatures that county recorders are having trouble verifying:

The suit filed Wednesday by four county Republican parties alleges that the state’s 15 county recorders don’t follow a uniform standard for allowing voters to adjust problems with their mail-in ballots, and that two counties improperly allow those fixes after Election Day.

The GOP complained about the issue before Election Day and threatened to sue.

Democrats alleged it was attempted voter suppression and that recorders have followed the same procedures for years with no issues. Republicans said it was about following the law and having a timely ballot count.

They just weren’t super worried about that law and timeliness until they had a close Senate race on their hands, is all. Naturally, the two counties that allow people to come verify their signatures up to five days after the election are major Democratic-leaning urban counties—or Republicans wouldn’t be worried about it.